Terrasse-Vaudreuil is a small municipality on

Île Perrot Île Perrot () is an island west of the island of Montreal in the Canadian province of Quebec. Part of the Hochelaga Archipelago, the island lies between Lake Saint-Louis and Lac des Deux-Montagnes. The island was granted by the Intendant Talo ...

, just west of

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. Attractions nearby include

Le Faubourg de l'Île Le Faubourg de l'Île, formerly known as ''Centre d'achat Île-Perrot'', is an enclosed shopping mall located in Pincourt, Quebec, on Cardinal-Léger Boulevard at the intersection of 101 Cardinal-Léger Boulevard and Exit 35 on Highway 20 (Autoro ...

, the Terrasse-Vaudreuil baseball field, the soccer field, the municipal pool and POLYMOS, a styrofoam company that operates out of an area where gunpowder was produced during World War II. What started as a small cottage community has now evolved into miniature suburbia. Both entrances and exits of Terrasse-Vaudreuil are blocked by CP/CN train tracks, which has caused frustration in the past to residents. However, Terrasse does enjoy a beach that looks out onto Dorion and the

Taschereau Bridge Taschereau Bridge is a bridge linking Pincourt, on Île Perrot, to Vaudreuil-Dorion, in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges RMC across the West Channel of the Ottawa River. The bridge was originally built in 1925, and was doubled in 1964, as part of the s ...

History

At the beginning of the 20th century, Terrasse-Vaudreuil was the site of a large powder magazine. In 1948, its post office opened under the name Terrasse-Vaudreuil, in reference to its location on Lake of Two Mountains and its view towards Vaudreuil Bay and the town of Vaudreuil. In the 1950s, it began to see rapid residential development. The municipality was formed in 1952 when it separated from the Parish Municipality of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot. In 1963, the post office closed.

Demographics

Language

Local government

List of former mayors: * Donat Bouthillier (1952-1963, 1966-1975) * Gérard Martin (1963-1966) * Ronald Bourdeau (1975-1988) * Paul-Émile Lamarche (1989-1998) * Bernard Renaud (1998-2005) * André Reynolds (2005-2009) * Manon Trudel (2009-2013) * Michel Bourdeau (2013–present)

Education

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools. * École José-Maria

Lester B. Pearson School Board The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB, french: Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson, CSLBP) is one of the largest school boards on the island of Montreal and one of the nine English school boards in the province of Quebec. It is headquartere ...

operates Anglophone schools. It is zoned to Edgewater Elementary School and St. Patrick Elementary School in

Pincourt Pincourt () is a municipality on the island of Île Perrot, off the western tip of the island of Montreal, Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 14,305. The town shares the island with the three other municipalities of Notre-D ...

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. Retrieved on 28 September 2017.

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality Greater Montreal